Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2015
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (1 Oct 2015): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 244.
What this bill does
This bill would establish a Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking to study federal data. The commission would examine how administrative, survey, and statistical data are currently managed and explore ways to integrate and make this data available for research and program evaluation. It would also consider recommendations for modifying data infrastructure and statistical protocols, as well as for incorporating outcome measurements and rigorous impact analyses into program design.
The commission would evaluate specific aspects, such as which data should be included in a potential data clearinghouse, legal and administrative obstacles to data sharing, how to protect privacy, and how to create incentives for interagency information sharing. The findings and recommendations would be submitted to the President and Congress within 15 months of the commission's members being appointed. Principal Statistical Agencies would be required to provide funds for the commission's activities, and the commission would terminate no later than 18 months after the bill is enacted.
The bill, S. 991, was introduced in the Senate in April 2015. As of June 2015, it had been ordered reported by the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs with an amendment.
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Official summary
Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) This bill establishes in the executive branch a Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking. The Commission shall conduct a comprehensive study of the data inventory, data infrastructure, and statistical protocols related to federal policymaking and the agencies responsible for maintaining that data to:
• determine the optimal arrangement for which administrative data on federal programs and tax expenditures, survey data, and related statistical data series may be integrated and made available to facilitate program evaluation, continuous improvement, policy-relevant research, and cost-benefit analyses by qualified researchers and institutions;
• make recommendations on how data infrastructure and statistical protocols should be modified to best fulfill those objectives; and
• make recommendations on how best to incorporate outcomes measurement, institutionalize randomized controlled trials, and rigorous impact analysis into program design.
The Commission must consider whether a clearinghouse for program and survey data should be established and how to create such a clearinghouse.
The bill directs the Commission to evaluate:
• what administrative data and survey data are relevant for program evaluation and federal policymaking and should be included in a potential clearinghouse;
Timeline
1 Oct 2015
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 244.
Common questions
- What does S. 991 do?
- This bill would establish a Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking to study federal data. The commission would examine how administrative, survey, and statistical data are currently managed and explore ways to integrate and make this data available for research and program evaluation. It would also consider recommendations for modifying data infrastructure and statistical protocols, as well as for incorporating outcome measurements and rigorous impact analyses into program design. The commission would evaluate specific aspects, such as which data should be included in a potential data clearinghouse, legal and administrative obstacles to data sharing, how to protect privacy, and how to create incentives for interagency information sharing. The findings and recommendations would be submitted to the President and Congress within 15 months of the commission's members being appointed. Principal Statistical Agencies would be required to provide funds for the commission's activities, and the commission would terminate no later than 18 months after the bill is enacted. The bill, S. 991, was introduced in the Senate in April 2015. As of June 2015, it had been ordered reported by the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs with an amendment.
- Has S. 991 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for S. 991. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored S. 991?
- S. 991 was sponsored by Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA), with 1 cosponsor.
- What's the latest action on S. 991?
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 244. (1 Oct 2015).
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